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Carlucci A, Paneroni M, Carotenuto M, Bertella E, Cirio S, Gandolfo A, Simonelli C, Vigna M, Lastoria C, Malovini A, Fusar Poli B, Vitacca M. Prevalence of exercise-induced oxygen desaturation after recovery from SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and use of lung ultrasound to predict need for pulmonary rehabilitation. Pulmonology 2023; 29 Suppl 4:S4-S8. [PMID: 34247995 PMCID: PMC8175480 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2021.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Persistence of breathlessness after recovery from SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia is frequent. Recovery from acute respiratory failure (ARF) is usually determined by normalized arterial blood gases (ABGs), but the prevalence of persistent exercise-induced desaturation (EID) and dyspnea is still unknown. METHODS We investigated the prevalence of EID in 70 patients with normal arterial oxygen at rest after recovery from ARF due to COVID-19 pneumonia. Patients underwent a 6-min walking test (6MWT) before discharge from hospital. We recorded dyspnea score and heart rate during 6MWT. We also investigated the possible role of lung ultrasound (LU) in predicting EID. Patients underwent a LU scan and scores for each explored area were summed to give a total LU score. RESULTS In 30 patients (43%), oxygen desaturation was >4% during 6MWT. These patients had significantly higher dyspnea and heart rate compared to non-desaturators. LU score >8.5 was significantly able to discriminate patients with EID. CONCLUSION In SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, ABGs at discharge cannot predict the persistence of EID, which is frequent. LU may be useful to identify patients at risk who could benefit from a rehabilitation program.
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- A Carlucci
- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy; Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università Insubria-Varese e Como, Italy.
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Lumezzane (Brescia), Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Lumezzane (Brescia), Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Lumezzane (Brescia), Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Informatica e Sistemistica per la Ricerca Clinica, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
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- U.O. Pneumologia Riabilitativa, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Salvatore Maugeri, Lumezzane (Brescia), Italy
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Lofrano G, Serafini S, Saviano L, Carotenuto M, Guida M, Romano Spica V, Cardito A, Libralato G. A holistic picture of spatial distribution of river polluting loads in a highly anthropized area. Sci Total Environ 2023; 887:163784. [PMID: 37149201 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
For many years, there has been a debate on the polluting loads affecting the Gulf of Naples, one of Italy's most spectacular and iconic landscape. The wide territory bordering the Gulf includes the Sarno river basin (SRB) managed by the Southern Apennines River Basin District Authority in the framework of Unit of Management Sarno (UoM-Sarno). The paper investigated the anthropogenic pressures and their spatial distribution in the UoM-Sarno, revealing as SRB represents a hotspot of pollution mainly due to the high population density and widespread hydro-demanding activities which are responsible of high organic and eutrophication loads. The pollution sources, variably distributed on the area, and potentially conveyed to the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) located into SRB, were estimated considering the WWTPs treatment capacity as well. Results revealed a holistic picture of UoM-Sarno area allowing to establish the priorities of the interventions aimed at safeguarding the coastal marine resources. In particular, 2590 tons BOD/year were directly discharged into the Gulf of Naples due to the missing of sewers, and other 10,600 tons BOD/year are potentially discharged in the Sarno river reaching the sea, considering the contribution of population, industrial activity, and livestock.
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- G Lofrano
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Piazza Lauro De Bosis, 15, 00135 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Piazza Lauro De Bosis, 15, 00135 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
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Carotenuto M, Precenzano F, Gleijeses M, Siciliano M, Silvestri F, Sabatino M, Panico F, Salerno F. Sleep macrostructure in adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa: A pilot case-control study. Sleep Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Bertolotti M, Betti M, Ferrante D, Giacchero F, Odone A, Franceschetti G, Carotenuto M, Pacileo G, Maconi A. Mortality in Covid-19 patients hospitalized in a teaching hospital in Italy during the first 3 waves. Eur J Public Health 2022. [PMCID: PMC9593931 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Introduction In Italy a Covid-19 pandemic pattern was observed, characterized by several waves, with an excess total mortality of 178000 deaths. Alessandria, Italy is the Piedmont province with the highest proportion of mortality from Covid-19 in the first 4 months of 2020, compared to the rest of the region. Objectives To analyze mortality in patients hospitalized for Covid-19 in the Alessandria Hospital (AO AL), considering the first 3 waves. Materials and methods Subjects aged ≥18 with a diagnosis of Covid-19 admitted to the AO AL in the first 50 days of the first 3 waves were included. The first wave started on 24 February 2020 (first day of available data by the Ministry of Health), the second wave on 14 September 2020 (first day of the 2020/21 school year), the third wave on 15 February 2021 (peak of cases detected by the Italian College of Health). The causes of death were obtained from the National Institute of Statistics death cards and codified according to the International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, classification. Results We included 825 subjects (median age: 73 years; male prevalence: 60.7%). The subjects hospitalized in the first wave were 464, in the second wave 255, in the third wave 106. A total of 309 subjects died (37.5%), of which 218 in the first wave (70.6%), 69 in the second wave (22.3%), 22 in the third wave (7.1%). The most frequent causes of death were “Covid-19 pneumonia” (61.5%) and “respiratory distress syndrome” (19.4%). Death occurred after hospital discharge in 40% of cases. 6 months after admission, the survival rate was 53% among patients of the first wave, 73% and 78% for those of the second and third wave. Patients hospitalized in the first and second waves showed a greater risk of death compared to patients of the third wave (HR = 2.8; 95% CI 1.8-4.4 and HR = 1.4; 95% CI 0.8-2.2). Conclusions Data showed a difference in mortality between the 3 waves with a statistically significant variation between the first and third waves. Key messages • Data showed a difference in mortality between the 3 waves. • Data showed a statistically significant variation in mortality between the first and third waves.
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- M Bertolotti
- Research Training Innovation Infrastructure , Alessandria, Italy
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- Research Training Innovation Infrastructure , Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont , Novara, Italy
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- Research Training Innovation Infrastructure , Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Pavia , Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Pavia , Pavia, Italy
- Medical Directorate , Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Pavia , Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Activities Research, Local Health Company , Alessandria, Italy
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- Research Training Innovation Infrastructure , Alessandria, Italy
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Carotenuto M, Sacco A, Forgione L, Normanno N. Genomic alterations in cholangiocarcinoma: clinical significance and relevance to therapy. Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy 2022; 3:200-223. [PMID: 36046845 PMCID: PMC9400790 DOI: 10.37349/etat.2022.00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Improving the survival of patients with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) has long proved challenging, although the treatment of this disease nowadays is on advancement. The historical invariability of survival outcomes and the limited number of agents known to be effective in the treatment of this disease has increased the number of studies designed to identify genetic targetable hits that can be efficacious for novel therapies. In this respect, the increasing feasibility of molecular profiling starting either from tumor tissue or circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has led to an increased understanding of CCA biology. Intrahepatic CCA (iCCA) and extrahepatic CCA (eCCA) display different and typical patterns of actionable genomic alterations, which offer opportunity for therapeutic intervention. This review article will summarize the current knowledge on the genomic alterations of iCCA and eCCA, provide information on the main technologies for genomic profiling using either tumor tissue or cfDNA, and briefly discuss the main clinical trials with targeted agents in this disease.
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- Marianeve Carotenuto
- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Fiorentino A, Lofrano G, Cucciniello R, Carotenuto M, Motta O, Proto A, Rizzo L. Disinfection of roof harvested rainwater inoculated with E. coli and Enterococcus and post-treatment bacterial regrowth: Conventional vs solar driven advanced oxidation processes. Sci Total Environ 2021; 801:149763. [PMID: 34438135 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Solar driven advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) (an alternative solar photo Fenton like process (SPF), sunlight/H2O2 (SHP) and sunlight/chlorine (SCL)) and respective dark conditions, were compared for the first time to conventional (chlorination and UV-C radiation) disinfection processes, in the inactivation of E. coli and Entero strains inoculated in real roof-harvested rainwater (RHRW), to evaluate their possible safe use for crop irrigation. In this regard, bacterial regrowth was also evaluated 6, 12, 24 and 48 h after disinfection treatment. The SPF, using iminodisuccinic acid (IDS)-Cu complex as catalyst, was optimized (H2O2/IDS-Cu 55/1 best molar ratio) under mild conditions (spontaneous pH) and sunlight. The faster inactivation kinetics were observed for the SCL process (k = 1.473 min-1, t1/2 = 0.47 min for E. coli and k = 1.193 min-1, t1/2 = 0.57 min for Entero), while the most effective processes in controlling bacterial regrowth were SPF and SCL. Although UV-C radiation (0-1.3 × 104 μW s cm-2 dose range) was the second faster disinfection process (k = 1.242 min-1, t1/2 = 0.55 min for E. coli and k = 1.150 min-1, t1/2 = 0.60 min for Entero), it was the less effective process in controlling bacterial regrowth (>10 CFU 100 mL-1 already after 6 h post-treatment incubation). According to the bacterial inactivation and regrowth tests carried out in this work, SPF and SCL are interesting options for RHRW disinfection, in case of effluent use for crop irrigation.
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- A Fiorentino
- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Metereologici e Tecnologici Avanzati (CeSMA), University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 21, 80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, SA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "A. Zambelli", University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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Ferrucci V, Asadzadeh F, Collina F, Siciliano R, Boccia A, Marrone L, Spano D, Carotenuto M, Chiarolla CM, De Martino D, De Vita G, Macrì A, Dassi L, Vandenbussche J, Marino N, Cantile M, Paolella G, D'Andrea F, di Bonito M, Gevaert K, Zollo M. Prune-1 drives polarization of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) within the lung metastatic niche in triple-negative breast cancer. iScience 2020; 24:101938. [PMID: 33426510 PMCID: PMC7779777 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
M2-tumor-associated macrophages (M2-TAMs) in the tumor microenvironment represent a prognostic indicator for poor outcome in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Here we show that Prune-1 overexpression in human TNBC patients has positive correlation to lung metastasis and infiltrating M2-TAMs. Thus, we demonstrate that Prune-1 promotes lung metastasis in a genetically engineered mouse model of metastatic TNBC augmenting M2-polarization of TAMs within the tumor microenvironment. Thus, this occurs through TGF-β enhancement, IL-17F secretion, and extracellular vesicle protein content modulation. We also find murine inactivating gene variants in human TNBC patient cohorts that are involved in activation of the innate immune response, cell adhesion, apoptotic pathways, and DNA repair. Altogether, we indicate that the overexpression of Prune-1, IL-10, COL4A1, ILR1, and PDGFB, together with inactivating mutations of PDE9A, CD244, Sirpb1b, SV140, Iqca1, and PIP5K1B genes, might represent a route of metastatic lung dissemination that need future prognostic validations. Prune-1 correlates to M2-TAMs confirming lung metastatic dissemination in GEMM Cytokines and EV proteins are responsible of M2-TAMs polarization processes A small molecule with immunomodulatory properties ameliorates metastatic dissemination Identification of gene variants within immune response and cell adhesion in TNBC
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- Veronica Ferrucci
- CEINGE, Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples 80145, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), 'Federico II' University of Naples, Naples 80134, Italy.,European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- CEINGE, Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples 80145, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), 'Federico II' University of Naples, Naples 80134, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCS- Fondazione G.Pascale, Naples 80131, Italy
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- CEINGE, Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples 80145, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), 'Federico II' University of Naples, Naples 80134, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), 'Federico II' University of Naples, Naples 80134, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), 'Federico II' University of Naples, Naples 80134, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), 'Federico II' University of Naples, Naples 80134, Italy
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- CEINGE, Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples 80145, Italy
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- VIB-UGent Centre for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent 9052, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- CEINGE, Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples 80145, Italy.,Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis 46202, USA
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- Pathology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCS- Fondazione G.Pascale, Naples 80131, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Sanità pubblica - AOU, Università; degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples 80131, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCS- Fondazione G.Pascale, Naples 80131, Italy
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- VIB-UGent Centre for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent 9052, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- CEINGE, Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples 80145, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche (DMMBM), 'Federico II' University of Naples, Naples 80134, Italy.,European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.,DAI Medicina di Laboratorio e Trasfusionale, AOU Federico II, Naples 80131, Italy
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Sacco A, Forgione L, Carotenuto M, De Luca A, Ascierto PA, Botti G, Normanno N. Circulating Tumor DNA Testing Opens New Perspectives in Melanoma Management. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2914. [PMID: 33050536 PMCID: PMC7601606 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12102914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Malignant melanoma accounts for about 1% of all skin cancers, but it causes most of the skin cancer-related deaths. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing is emerging as a relevant tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer. The availability of highly sensitive techniques, including next generation sequencing (NGS)-based panels, has increased the fields of application of ctDNA testing. While ctDNA-based tests for the early detection of melanoma are not available yet, perioperative ctDNA analysis in patients with surgically resectable melanoma offers relevant prognostic information: i) the detection of ctDNA before surgery correlates with the extent and the aggressiveness of the disease; ii) ctDNA testing after surgery/adjuvant therapy identifies minimal residual disease; iii) testing ctDNA during the follow-up can detect a tumor recurrence, anticipating clinical/radiological progression. In patients with advanced melanoma, several studies have demonstrated that the analysis of ctDNA can better depict tumor heterogeneity and provides relevant prognostic information. In addition, ctDNA testing during treatment allows assessing the response to systemic therapy and identifying resistance mechanisms. Although validation in prospective clinical trials is needed for most of these approaches, ctDNA testing opens up new scenarios in the management of melanoma patients that could lead to improvements in the diagnosis and therapy of this disease.
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- Alessandra Sacco
- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy; (A.S.); (L.F.); (M.C.); (A.D.L.)
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy; (A.S.); (L.F.); (M.C.); (A.D.L.)
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy; (A.S.); (L.F.); (M.C.); (A.D.L.)
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy; (A.S.); (L.F.); (M.C.); (A.D.L.)
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- Department of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, 80131 Napoli, Italy;
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- Scientific Direction, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, 80131 Napoli, Italy;
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy; (A.S.); (L.F.); (M.C.); (A.D.L.)
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Kowalska K, Maniakova G, Carotenuto M, Sacco O, Vaiano V, Lofrano G, Rizzo L. Removal of carbamazepine, diclofenac and trimethoprim by solar driven advanced oxidation processes in a compound triangular collector based reactor: A comparison between homogeneous and heterogeneous processes. Chemosphere 2020; 238:124665. [PMID: 31473529 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Contaminants of emerging concern (including pharmaceuticals) are not effectively removed by municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), so particular concern is related to agricultural wastewater reuse due to their possible uptake in crops irrigated with WWTPs effluents. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and solar AOPs have been demonstrated to effectively remove pharmaceuticals from different aqueous matrices. In this study, an heterogeneous photocatalytic process using powdered nitrogen-doped TiO2 immobilized on polystyrene spheres (sunlight/N-TiO2) was compared to the benchmark homogenous AOP sunlight/H2O2 in a compound triangular collector reactor, to evaluate the degradation of three pharmaceuticals (carbamazepine (CBZ), diclofenac (DCF), trimethoprim (TMP)) in water. The degradation of the contaminants by sunlight and sunlight-AOPs well fit the pseudo-first order kinetic model (but for TMP under sunlight). High removal efficiency by solar photolysis was observed for DCF (up to 100%, half-life sunlight cumulative energy QS,1/2 = 2 kJ L-1, half-life time t1/2 = 32 min), while CBZ (32%, QS,1/2 = 28 kJ L-1, t1/2 = 385 min) and TMP (5% removal after 300 min) removal was poor. The degradation rate of CBZ, TMP and DCF was found to be slower during sunlight/H2O2 (QS,1/2 = 5 kJ L-1, t1/2 = 77 min; QS,1/2 = 20 kJ L-1, t1/2 = 128 min; QS,1/2 = 4 kJ L-1, t1/2 = 27 min, respectively) compared to sunlight/N-TiO2 (QS,1/2 = 4 kJ L-1, t1/2 = 55 min; QS,1/2 = 3 kJ L-1, t1/2 = 42 min; QS,1/2 = 2 kJ L-1, t1/2 = 25 min, respectively). These results are promising in terms of solar technology upscale because the faster degradation kinetics observed for sunlight/N-TiO2 process would result in smaller treatment volume, thus possibly perspective compensating the cost of the photocatalyst.
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- K Kowalska
- Environmental Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 2, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland; The Biotechnology Centre, Silesian University of Technology, ul. B. Krzywoustego 8, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology "Adolfo Zambelli", University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy; Centro Servizi Metrologici e Tecnologici Avanzati (CeSMA), University of Naples "Federico II", via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy.
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Ferrucci V, de Antonellis P, Pennino FP, Asadzadeh F, Virgilio A, Montanaro D, Galeone A, Boffa I, Pisano I, Scognamiglio I, Navas L, Diana D, Pedone E, Gargiulo S, Gramanzini M, Brunetti A, Danielson L, Carotenuto M, Liguori L, Verrico A, Quaglietta L, Errico ME, Del Monaco V, D'Argenio V, Tirone F, Mastronuzzi A, Donofrio V, Giangaspero F, Picard D, Remke M, Garzia L, Daniels C, Delattre O, Swartling FJ, Weiss WA, Salvatore F, Fattorusso R, Chesler L, Taylor MD, Cinalli G, Zollo M. Metastatic group 3 medulloblastoma is driven by PRUNE1 targeting NME1-TGF-β-OTX2-SNAIL via PTEN inhibition. Brain 2019; 141:1300-1319. [PMID: 29490009 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awy039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Genetic modifications during development of paediatric groups 3 and 4 medulloblastoma are responsible for their highly metastatic properties and poor patient survival rates. PRUNE1 is highly expressed in metastatic medulloblastoma group 3, which is characterized by TGF-β signalling activation, c-MYC amplification, and OTX2 expression. We describe the process of activation of the PRUNE1 signalling pathway that includes its binding to NME1, TGF-β activation, OTX2 upregulation, SNAIL (SNAI1) upregulation, and PTEN inhibition. The newly identified small molecule pyrimido-pyrimidine derivative AA7.1 enhances PRUNE1 degradation, inhibits this activation network, and augments PTEN expression. Both AA7.1 and a competitive permeable peptide that impairs PRUNE1/NME1 complex formation, impair tumour growth and metastatic dissemination in orthotopic xenograft models with a metastatic medulloblastoma group 3 cell line (D425-Med cells). Using whole exome sequencing technology in metastatic medulloblastoma primary tumour cells, we also define 23 common 'non-synonymous homozygous' deleterious gene variants as part of the protein molecular network of relevance for metastatic processes. This PRUNE1/TGF-β/OTX2/PTEN axis, together with the medulloblastoma-driver mutations, is of relevance for future rational and targeted therapies for metastatic medulloblastoma group 3.10.1093/brain/awy039_video1awy039media15742053534001.
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- Veronica Ferrucci
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy.,European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy.,Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca, Naples, Italy
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- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Clinical Studies, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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- Paediatric Neurosurgery, Ospedale Santobono-Pausilipon, Naples, Italy
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- Paediatric Neurosurgery, Ospedale Santobono-Pausilipon, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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- Genetic Control of Development-URT, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Onco-Ematologia, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Oncologiche e Anatomo Patologiche, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Department of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Department of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada
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- PSL Research University, Inserm U830, Equipe Labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali, Biologiche e Farmaceutiche, Caserta, Italy
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- Division of Clinical Studies, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Paediatric Neurosurgery, Ospedale Santobono-Pausilipon, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy.,European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), Milan, Italy.,DAI-Medicina Trasfusionale-Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Rachiglio AM, Lambiase M, Fenizia F, Roma C, Cardone C, Iannaccone A, De Luca A, Carotenuto M, Frezzetti D, Martinelli E, Maiello E, Ciardiello F, Normanno N. Genomic Profiling of KRAS/NRAS/BRAF/PIK3CA Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Reveals Novel Mutations in Genes Potentially Associated with Resistance to Anti-EGFR Agents. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:E859. [PMID: 31226844 PMCID: PMC6627713 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11060859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Previous findings suggest that metastatic colorectal carcinoma (mCRC) patients with KRAS/NRAS/BRAF/PIK3CA wild-type (quadruple-wt) tumors are highly sensitive to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs). However, additional molecular alterations might be involved in the de novo resistance to these drugs. We performed a comprehensive molecular profiling of 21 quadruple-wt tumors from mCRC patients enrolled in the "Cetuximab After Progression in KRAS wild-type colorectal cancer patients" (CAPRI-GOIM) trial of first line FOLFIRI plus cetuximab. Tumor samples were analyzed with a targeted sequencing panel covering single nucleotide variants (SNVs), insertions/deletions (Indels), copy number variations (CNVs), and gene fusions in 143 cancer-related genes. The analysis revealed in all 21 patients the presence of at least one SNV/Indel and in 10/21 cases (48%) the presence of at least one CNV. Furthermore, 17/21 (81%) patients had co-existing SNVs/Indels in different genes. Quadruple-wt mCRC from patients with the shorter progression free survival (PFS) were enriched with peculiar genetic alterations in KRAS, FBXW7, MAP2K1, and NF1 genes as compared with patients with longer PFS. These data suggest that a wide genetic profiling of quadruple-wt mCRC patients might help to identify novel markers of de novo resistance to anti-EGFR MoAbs.
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- Anna Maria Rachiglio
- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Precision Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania L Vanvitelli, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
- Department of food and feed control, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055 Portici (NA), Italy.
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Precision Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania L Vanvitelli, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- Department of Precision Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania L Vanvitelli, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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De Luca A, Maiello MR, D'Alessio A, Frezzetti D, Gallo M, Carotenuto M, Normanno N. Pharmacokinetic drug evaluation of palbociclib for the treatment of breast cancer. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2018; 14:891-900. [PMID: 30130984 DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2018.1514720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) 4 and 6 regulate the transition from G0/G1-phase to S-phase of the cell cycle and have been identified as key drivers of proliferation in hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer. The CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib in combination with endocrine therapy has been approved for treatment of HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer patients. Areas covered: In this article, we provide an update of the data on pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, preclinical, and clinical studies of palbociclib in breast cancer. We performed a search of data on palbociclib in the PubMed and the clinicaltrials.gov databases, in the FDA website and in the ASCO and AACR proceedings. Expert opinion: In order to optimize the clinical outcome of HR-positive breast cancer patients treated with palbociclib, predictive biomarkers allowing patient selection are urgently needed. A recent study suggested that early dynamics of PIK3CA mutations in circulating tumor DNA might be a potential predictive biomarker for CDK4/6 inhibitors. Several clinical trials are ongoing with the aim to explore the activity of combinations of palbociclib with targeted agents and/or immunotherapy in the different subtypes of breast cancer in both metastatic and early phases of the disease. These combinations might allow improving the sensitivity and overcoming mechanisms of resistance.
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- Antonella De Luca
- a Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit , Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-"Fondazione G. Pascale" , Naples , Italy
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- a Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit , Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-"Fondazione G. Pascale" , Naples , Italy
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- a Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit , Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-"Fondazione G. Pascale" , Naples , Italy
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- a Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit , Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-"Fondazione G. Pascale" , Naples , Italy
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- a Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit , Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-"Fondazione G. Pascale" , Naples , Italy
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- a Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit , Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-"Fondazione G. Pascale" , Naples , Italy
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- a Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit , Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-"Fondazione G. Pascale" , Naples , Italy
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Khosravi-Katuli K, Lofrano G, Pak Nezhad H, Giorgio A, Guida M, Aliberti F, Siciliano A, Carotenuto M, Galdiero E, Rahimi E, Libralato G. Effects of ZnO nanoparticles in the Caspian roach (Rutilus rutilus caspicus). Sci Total Environ 2018; 626:30-41. [PMID: 29331836 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Most studies investigating the toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) focused on the effect of size, whereas exposure concentration and duration remained poorly understood. In this study, the effect of acute and sub-acute exposures of ZnO NPs on Zn compartmentalization and biomarkers' expression were investigated in Rutilus rutilus caspicus (Caspian roach) considering various exposure scenarios: i) the assessment of the concentration-response curves and median lethal concentration (LC50); ii) the assessment of the effects of organisms exposed at LC50 value and one tenth of LC50 value of ZnO NPs suspensions for 4 d and 28 d, respectively; iii) the assessment of 14 d depuration period. The same concentrations of ZnSO4 were investigated. The highest Zn accumulation was detected in gill after sub-acute exposure (4.8 mg/L; 28 d) followed by liver, kidney and muscle. In gill, liver and muscle, Zn from Zn NPs accumulated higher concentrations. Depuration (14 d) decreased Zn content in each organ, but no complete removal occurred except for muscle. Biomarkers' activity was significantly over expressed after treatments, but depuration brought back their values to background levels and most effects were related to acute concentrations (48 mg/L; 4 d) and in presence of ZnSO4. Histopathological analyses showed that the exposure to ZnO NPs increased lesions in gill, liver and kidney, with a direct proportionality between alterations and Zn accumulated in the target organs. After depuration, lesions regressed for both ZnO NPs and ZnSO4, but not in a complete way. These data could contribute to increase the knowledge about ZnO NPs risk assessment in aquatic vertebrates, suggesting that the size of ZnO NPs can influence biomarker and histopathological effects.
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- K Khosravi-Katuli
- Department of Fishery, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Via 45165-386, Gorgan, Iran; Niksa, Design and Development Company, Avadis Holding Group, 1917734795, Tehran, Iran.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia "Adolfo Zambelli", Università, degli Studi di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Fishery, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Via 45165-386, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia "Adolfo Zambelli", Università, degli Studi di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy.
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Matricardi S, Darra F, Spalice A, Basti C, Fontana E, Dalla Bernardina B, Elia M, Giordano L, Accorsi P, Cusmai R, De Liso P, Romeo A, Ragona F, Granata T, Concolino D, Carotenuto M, Pavone P, Pruna D, Striano P, Savasta S, Verrotti A. Electroclinical findings and long-term outcomes in epileptic patients with inv dup (15). Acta Neurol Scand 2018; 137:575-581. [PMID: 29363096 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To define the electroclinical phenotype and long-term outcomes in a cohort of patients with inv dup (15) syndrome. MATERIAL AND METHODS The electroclinical data of 45 patients (25 males) affected by inv dup (15) and seizures were retrospectively analysed, and long-term follow-up of epilepsy was evaluated. RESULTS Epilepsy onset was marked by generalized seizures in 53% of patients, epileptic spasms in 51%, focal seizures in 26%, atypical absences in 11% and epileptic falls in 9%. The epileptic syndromes defined were: generalized epilepsy (26.7%), focal epilepsy (22.3%), epileptic encephalopathy with epileptic spasms as the only seizure type (17.7%) and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (33.3%). Drug-resistant epilepsy was detected in 55.5% of patients. There was a significant higher prevalence of seizure-free patients in those with seizure onset after the age of 5 years and with focal epilepsy, with respect to those with earlier epilepsy onset because most of these later developed an epileptic encephalopathy (69.2% vs 34.4%; P = .03), usually Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome in type. In fact, among patients with early-onset epilepsy, those presenting with epileptic spasms as the only seizure type associated with classical hypsarrhythmia achieved seizure freedom (P < .001) compared to patients with spasms and other seizure types associated with modified hypsarrhythmia. CONCLUSIONS Epilepsy in inv dup (15) leads to a more severe burden of disease. Frequently, these patients show drug resistance, in particular when epilepsy onset is before the age of five and features epileptic encephalopathy.
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- S. Matricardi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry; Children's Hospital “G.Salesi”; Ospedali Riuniti; Ancona Italy
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- Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences; University of Verona; Verona Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics; Division of Child Neurology; Sapienza, University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics; University of L'Aquila; L'Aquila Italy
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- Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences; University of Verona; Verona Italy
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- Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences; University of Verona; Verona Italy
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- Unit of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiopathology; Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS); Troina (EN) Italy
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry; Ospedali Civili; Brescia Italy
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry; Ospedali Civili; Brescia Italy
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- Child Neurology Unit; Department of Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation; “Bambino Gesù” Children's Hospital; IRCCS; Rome Italy
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- Child Neurology Unit; Department of Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation; “Bambino Gesù” Children's Hospital; IRCCS; Rome Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience; Pediatric Neurology Unit and Epilepsy Center; “Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico” Hospital; Milan Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Neuroscience; Foundation I.R.C.C.S. Neurological Institute ‘‘C. Besta’’; Milan Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Neuroscience; Foundation I.R.C.C.S. Neurological Institute ‘‘C. Besta’’; Milan Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Pediatric Unit; Magna Graecia University; Catanzaro Italy
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- Department of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine; Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry; Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”; Naples Italy
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- General and Emergency Paediatrics Operative Unit; Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele University Hospital; University of Catania; Catania Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit; A. Cao Hospital; Cagliari Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit; Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Opthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Child Health; G. Gaslini Institute; University of Genova; Genova Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics; University of Pavia; Pavia Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics; University of L'Aquila; L'Aquila Italy
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Lofrano G, Libralato G, Casaburi A, Siciliano A, Iannece P, Guida M, Pucci L, Dentice EF, Carotenuto M. Municipal wastewater spiramycin removal by conventional treatments and heterogeneous photocatalysis. Sci Total Environ 2018; 624:461-469. [PMID: 29268218 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study assessed the effects and removal options of the macrolide spiramycin, currently used for both in human and veterinary medicine- with a special focus on advanced oxidation processes based on heterogeneous TiO2_assisted photocatalysis. Spiramycin real concentrations were investigated on a seasonal basis in a municipal wastewater treatment plant (up to 35μgL-1), while its removal kinetics were studied considering both aqueous solutions and real wastewater samples, including by-products toxicity assessment. High variability of spiramycin removal by activated sludge treatments (from 9% (wintertime) to >99.9% (summertime)) was observed on a seasonal basis. Preliminary results showed that a total spiramycin removal (>99.9%) is achieved with 0.1gL-1 of TiO2 in aqueous solution after 80min. Integrated toxicity showed residual slight acute effects in the photocatalytic treated solutions, independently from the amount of TiO2 used, and could be linked to the presence of intermediate compounds. Photolysis of wastewater samples collected after activated sludge treatment during summer season (SPY 5μgL-1) allowed a full SPY removal after 80min. When photocatalysis with 0.1gL-1 of TiO2 was carried out in wastewater samples collected in winter season (SPY 30μgL-1) after AS treatment, SPY removal was up to 91% after 80min.
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- G Lofrano
- Department of Chemical and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Consorzio Nocera Ambiente, Via Santa Maria delle Grazie 562, 84015 Nocera Superiore, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Viale Lincoln 5, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy
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Musto P, Falcone A, Caturelli E, Squillante MM, Castelvetere M, Carotenuto M. Nodular Lesions of the Liver in Multiple Myeloma: A Role for Cytoadhesion Molecules? Tumori 2018; 78:300-4. [PMID: 1283646 DOI: 10.1177/030089169207800504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Two patients with multiple myeloma and in vivo macroscopic nodular lesions of the liver are presented. The clinical aspects of this very unusual condition are briefly reviewed. In particular, the expression on neoplastic plasma cells of the cytoadhesion molecules CD56 and CD11a, which are involved in the cellular process of recirculation and homing, suggests a possible role for such markers in this atypical localization of the disease.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/physiology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/analysis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/physiology
- CD11 Antigens
- CD56 Antigen
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Liver/pathology
- Liver Neoplasms/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multiple Myeloma/immunology
- Multiple Myeloma/pathology
- Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/immunology
- Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/pathology
- Plasma Cells/immunology
- Plasma Cells/pathology
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- P Musto
- Department of Hematology, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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Beta2-microglobulin (B2m) was measured on serum samples in 274 patients with acute and chronic lymphoproliferative disorders (85 non-Hodgkin lymphomas - NHL, 30 Hodgkin lymphomas - HL, 34 B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemias - B-CLL, 8 Waldenström macro-globulinemias - WM, 76 multiple myelomas - MM, 31 acute lymphoblastic leukemias - ALL, 10 hairy cell leukemias - HCL). Two hundred and four patients were studied at the time of diagnosis, and results were correlated to clinical stage, and histologic subtype in NHL, immunoglobulin type in MM, and immunologic phenotype in ALL. Moreover, B2m was tested during and after chemo- and/or radiotherapy, and results were correlated to response, progression or relapse. Elevated pretreatment B2m values were found in widespread forms of NHL and HL, in patients with B symptoms and in the unfavorable histologic subgroups of NHL. Rapid falls in levels followed therapy institution. In B-CLL and in MM a close relationship between B2m and cell mass was found. A significant B2m level reduction followed treatment, whereas its increase could detect a relapse. In ALL, serum B2m was only slightly above the normal range. B2m seems to reflect the total burden of malignant cells mainly in MM and B-CLL; in other lymphoproliferative disorders it provides less prognostic information.
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- L Melillo
- Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale Generale Regionale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia
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Zollo M, Ahmed M, Ferrucci V, Salpietro V, Asadzadeh F, Carotenuto M, Maroofian R, Al-Amri A, Singh R, Scognamiglio I, Mojarrad M, Musella L, Duilio A, Di Somma A, Karaca E, Rajab A, Al-Khayat A, Mohan Mohapatra T, Eslahi A, Ashrafzadeh F, Rawlins LE, Prasad R, Gupta R, Kumari P, Srivastava M, Cozzolino F, Kumar Rai S, Monti M, Harlalka GV, Simpson MA, Rich P, Al-Salmi F, Patton MA, Chioza BA, Efthymiou S, Granata F, Di Rosa G, Wiethoff S, Borgione E, Scuderi C, Mankad K, Hanna MG, Pucci P, Houlden H, Lupski JR, Crosby AH, Baple EL. PRUNE is crucial for normal brain development and mutated in microcephaly with neurodevelopmental impairment. Brain 2017; 140:940-952. [PMID: 28334956 PMCID: PMC5382943 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awx014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
PRUNE is a member of the DHH (Asp-His-His) phosphoesterase protein superfamily of molecules important for cell motility, and implicated in cancer progression. Here we investigated multiple families from Oman, India, Iran and Italy with individuals affected by a new autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental and degenerative disorder in which the cardinal features include primary microcephaly and profound global developmental delay. Our genetic studies identified biallelic mutations of PRUNE1 as responsible. Our functional assays of disease-associated variant alleles revealed impaired microtubule polymerization, as well as cell migration and proliferation properties, of mutant PRUNE. Additionally, our studies also highlight a potential new role for PRUNE during microtubule polymerization, which is essential for the cytoskeletal rearrangements that occur during cellular division and proliferation. Together these studies define PRUNE as a molecule fundamental for normal human cortical development and define cellular and clinical consequences associated with PRUNE mutation.
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- Massimo Zollo
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche DMMBM, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy.,European School of Molecular Medicine, SEMM, University of Milan, Italy
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- Medical Research (Level 4), RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche DMMBM, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy.,European School of Molecular Medicine, SEMM, University of Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche DMMBM, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche DMMBM, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Research (Level 4), RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- Section of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, UK.,National Genetic Centre, Directorate General of Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, UP, India
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche DMMBM, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Medical Genetics Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche DMMBM, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy.,CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- National Genetic Centre, Directorate General of Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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- Department of Biology, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, Post code 123, Sultanate of Oman
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, UP, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ghaem Medical Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Zip Code- 9919991766, Iran
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- Medical Research (Level 4), RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, UP, India
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, UP, India
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, UP, India
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, UP, India.,Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, UP, India
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- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, UP, India
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- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Research (Level 4), RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, St. George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Biology, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, Post code 123, Sultanate of Oman
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- Medical Research (Level 4), RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK.,Department of Biology, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, Post code 123, Sultanate of Oman.,Genetics Research Centre, St. George's, University of London, London, SW17 0RE, UK
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- Medical Research (Level 4), RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Unit of Neuroradiology, Department of Biomedical Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Human Pathology of the Adult and Developmental Age, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Unit of Neuromuscular disorders, IRCCS Oasi Maria SS Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Unit of Neuromuscular disorders, IRCCS Oasi Maria SS Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.,MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, Naples, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Medical Research (Level 4), RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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- Medical Research (Level 4), RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
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Lofrano G, Libralato G, Carotenuto M, Guida M, Inglese M, Siciliano A, Meriç S. Emerging Concern from Short-Term Textile Leaching: A Preliminary Ecotoxicological Survey. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2016; 97:646-652. [PMID: 27704185 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-016-1937-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Textile dyes and their residues gained growing attention worldwide. Textile industry is a strong water consumer potentially releasing xenobiotics from washing and rinsing procedures during finishing processes. On a decentralised basis, also final consumers generate textile waste streams. Thus, a procedure simulating home washing with tap water screened cotton textiles leachates (n = 28) considering physico-chemical (COD, BOD5, and UV absorbance) and ecotoxicological data (Daphnia magna, Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata and Lepidium sativum). Results evidenced that: (i) leachates presented low biodegradability levels; (ii) toxicity in more than half leachates presented slight acute or acute effects; (iii) the remaining leachates presented "no effect" suggesting the use of green dyes/additives, and/or well established finishing processes; (iv) no specific correlations were found between traditional physico-chemical and ecotoxicological data. Further investigations will be necessary to identify textile residues, and their potential interactions with simulated human sweat in order to evidence potential adverse effects on human health.
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- G Lofrano
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano, 84084, Salerno, Italy
- Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, University of Napoli "Federico II", Via Claudio 21, 80125, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Cà Foscari Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice-Mestre, Italy.
- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126, Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano, 84084, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia ed. 7, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Çorlu Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department, Namik Kemal University, Çorlu, 59860, Tekirdağ, Turkey
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Block KI, Gyllenhaal C, Lowe L, Amedei A, Amin ARMR, Amin A, Aquilano K, Arbiser J, Arreola A, Arzumanyan A, Ashraf SS, Azmi AS, Benencia F, Bhakta D, Bilsland A, Bishayee A, Blain SW, Block PB, Boosani CS, Carey TE, Carnero A, Carotenuto M, Casey SC, Chakrabarti M, Chaturvedi R, Chen GZ, Chen H, Chen S, Chen YC, Choi BK, Ciriolo MR, Coley HM, Collins AR, Connell M, Crawford S, Curran CS, Dabrosin C, Damia G, Dasgupta S, DeBerardinis RJ, Decker WK, Dhawan P, Diehl AME, Dong JT, Dou QP, Drew JE, Elkord E, El-Rayes B, Feitelson MA, Felsher DW, Ferguson LR, Fimognari C, Firestone GL, Frezza C, Fujii H, Fuster MM, Generali D, Georgakilas AG, Gieseler F, Gilbertson M, Green MF, Grue B, Guha G, Halicka D, Helferich WG, Heneberg P, Hentosh P, Hirschey MD, Hofseth LJ, Holcombe RF, Honoki K, Hsu HY, Huang GS, Jensen LD, Jiang WG, Jones LW, Karpowicz PA, Keith WN, Kerkar SP, Khan GN, Khatami M, Ko YH, Kucuk O, Kulathinal RJ, Kumar NB, Kwon BS, Le A, Lea MA, Lee HY, Lichtor T, Lin LT, Locasale JW, Lokeshwar BL, Longo VD, Lyssiotis CA, MacKenzie KL, Malhotra M, Marino M, Martinez-Chantar ML, Matheu A, Maxwell C, McDonnell E, Meeker AK, Mehrmohamadi M, Mehta K, Michelotti GA, Mohammad RM, Mohammed SI, Morre DJ, Muralidhar V, Muqbil I, Murphy MP, Nagaraju GP, Nahta R, Niccolai E, Nowsheen S, Panis C, Pantano F, Parslow VR, Pawelec G, Pedersen PL, Poore B, Poudyal D, Prakash S, Prince M, Raffaghello L, Rathmell JC, Rathmell WK, Ray SK, Reichrath J, Rezazadeh S, Ribatti D, Ricciardiello L, Robey RB, Rodier F, Rupasinghe HPV, Russo GL, Ryan EP, Samadi AK, Sanchez-Garcia I, Sanders AJ, Santini D, Sarkar M, Sasada T, Saxena NK, Shackelford RE, Shantha Kumara HMC, Sharma D, Shin DM, Sidransky D, Siegelin MD, Signori E, Singh N, Sivanand S, Sliva D, Smythe C, Spagnuolo C, Stafforini DM, Stagg J, Subbarayan PR, Sundin T, Talib WH, Thompson SK, Tran PT, Ungefroren H, Vander Heiden MG, Venkateswaran V, Vinay DS, Vlachostergios PJ, Wang Z, Wellen KE, Whelan RL, Yang ES, Yang H, Yang X, Yaswen P, Yedjou C, Yin X, Zhu J, Zollo M. Designing a broad-spectrum integrative approach for cancer prevention and treatment. Semin Cancer Biol 2016; 35 Suppl:S276-S304. [PMID: 26590477 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Targeted therapies and the consequent adoption of "personalized" oncology have achieved notable successes in some cancers; however, significant problems remain with this approach. Many targeted therapies are highly toxic, costs are extremely high, and most patients experience relapse after a few disease-free months. Relapses arise from genetic heterogeneity in tumors, which harbor therapy-resistant immortalized cells that have adopted alternate and compensatory pathways (i.e., pathways that are not reliant upon the same mechanisms as those which have been targeted). To address these limitations, an international task force of 180 scientists was assembled to explore the concept of a low-toxicity "broad-spectrum" therapeutic approach that could simultaneously target many key pathways and mechanisms. Using cancer hallmark phenotypes and the tumor microenvironment to account for the various aspects of relevant cancer biology, interdisciplinary teams reviewed each hallmark area and nominated a wide range of high-priority targets (74 in total) that could be modified to improve patient outcomes. For these targets, corresponding low-toxicity therapeutic approaches were then suggested, many of which were phytochemicals. Proposed actions on each target and all of the approaches were further reviewed for known effects on other hallmark areas and the tumor microenvironment. Potential contrary or procarcinogenic effects were found for 3.9% of the relationships between targets and hallmarks, and mixed evidence of complementary and contrary relationships was found for 7.1%. Approximately 67% of the relationships revealed potentially complementary effects, and the remainder had no known relationship. Among the approaches, 1.1% had contrary, 2.8% had mixed and 62.1% had complementary relationships. These results suggest that a broad-spectrum approach should be feasible from a safety standpoint. This novel approach has potential to be relatively inexpensive, it should help us address stages and types of cancer that lack conventional treatment, and it may reduce relapse risks. A proposed agenda for future research is offered.
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- Keith I Block
- Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, Skokie, IL, United States.
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- Getting to Know Cancer, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States; Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, United States; Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States
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- School of Chemical and Bio Technology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Larkin Health Sciences Institute, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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- Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, Skokie, IL, United States
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- Department of BioMedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, United States
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- Head and Neck Cancer Biology Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Seville, Spain
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologia Avanzate, Naples, Italy; Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Stanford University, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, United States
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- School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Research Laboratory, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Alderson Broaddus University, Philippi, WV, United States
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- Cancer Immunology Branch, Division of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Cancer Biology Research Laboratory, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Oncology and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX, United States
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- Children's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Biology, Division of Surgical Oncology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Stanford University, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Discipline of Nutrition and Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per la Qualità della Vita Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Rimini, Italy
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- Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Medicine and Research Services, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System & University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Medical, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy; Molecular Therapy and Pharmacogenomics Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona, Cremona, Italy
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- Physics Department, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Departments of Environmental Science, Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- School of Chemical and Bio Technology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Charles University in Prague, Third Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- School of Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States; Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, United States
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- Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Inflammation and Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (Retired), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- University of Maryland BioPark, Innovation Center, KoDiscovery, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Cancer Immunology Branch, Division of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea; Department of Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, South Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Georgia Regents University Cancer Center, Augusta, GA, United States
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- Andrus Gerontology Center, Division of Biogerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Children's Cancer Institute Australia, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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- Department of Science, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
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- Metabolomic Unit, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Technology Park of Bizkaia, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Field of Genetics, Genomics, and Development, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Mor-NuCo, Inc, Purdue Research Park, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust-MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Laboratory of Inflammatory Mediators, State University of West Paraná, UNIOESTE, Paraná, Brazil
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- Medical Oncology Department, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Discipline of Nutrition and Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Center for Medical Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Departments of Biological Chemistry and Oncology, Member at Large, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Center for Clinical and Experimental Photodermatology, Clinic for Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy & National Cancer Institute Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT, United States; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States
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- Centre de Rechercher du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada; Université de Montréal, Département de Radiologie, Radio-Oncologie et Médicine Nucléaire, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Institute of Food Sciences National Research Council, Avellino, Italy
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Experimental Therapeutics and Translational Oncology Program, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, CSIC-Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Medical Oncology Department, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University, Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- National Research Council, Institute of Translational Pharmacology, Rome, Italy
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- Advanced Molecular Science Research Centre (Centre for Advanced Research), King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- DSTest Laboratories, Purdue Research Park, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Sheffield Cancer Research Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Food Sciences National Research Council, Avellino, Italy
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Faculté de Pharmacie et Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA, United States
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences, Oncology and Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- First Department of Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Section of Clinical Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, New York University Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- The School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Medicine and Research Services, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System & University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Washington State University College of Pharmacy, Spokane, WA, United States
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologia Avanzate, Naples, Italy; Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Carotenuto M, Esposito M, Cortese S, Laino D, Verrotti A. Children with developmental dyslexia showed greater sleep disturbances than controls, including problems initiating and maintaining sleep. Acta Paediatr 2016; 105:1079-82. [PMID: 27173764 DOI: 10.1111/apa.13472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Revised: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIM Although there have been frequent clinical reports about sleep disturbances in children with learning disabilities, no data are available about the prevalence of sleep disturbances in children with developmental dyslexia (DD). This study evaluated sleep disturbances in children with DD referred to a hospital clinic and compared their scores with healthy controls. METHODS We consecutively enrolled 147 children (66% male) aged 10.26 ± 2.63 years who were referred by clinical paediatricians to the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry at the Second University of Naples with DD and 766 children without DD (60% male) aged 10.49 ± 2.39 years recruited from schools in the same urban area. Sleep disturbances were assessed with the Sleep Disturbances Scale for Children (SDSC), which was filled out by the children's main carers. RESULTS Compared with the controls, the children with DD showed significantly higher rates of above threshold scores on the total SDSC score (p < 0.001) and on the subscales for disorders in initiating and maintaining sleep (p < 0.001), sleep breathing disorders (p < 0.001) and disorders of arousal (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Sleep disorders were significantly more frequent in children with DD than in healthy controls. A possible relationship between dyslexia and sleep disorders may have relevant clinical implications.
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- M Carotenuto
- Sleep Clinic for Developmental Age; Department of Mental Health; Physical and Preventive Medicine; Second University of Naples; Naples Italy
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- Sleep Clinic for Developmental Age; Department of Mental Health; Physical and Preventive Medicine; Second University of Naples; Naples Italy
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- Department of Psychology; Developmental Brain-Behavior Laboratory; University of Southampton; Southampton UK
- New York University Child Study Center; New York NY USA
- IRCCS Stella Maris; Calambrone Pisa Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics; University of Perugia; Perugia Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics; University of L'Aquila; Ospedale San Salvatore; L'Aquila Italy
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Verrotti A, Carotenuto M, Altieri L, Parisi P, Tozzi E, Belcastro V, Esposito M, Guastaferro N, Ciuti A, Mohn A, Chiarelli F, Agostinelli S. Migraine and obesity: metabolic parameters and response to a weight loss programme. Pediatr Obes 2015; 10:220-5. [PMID: 24990114 DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Weight loss can determine significant improvement of migraine in obese patients. Herein, we evaluated a clinical sample of adolescent migraineurs with obesity who participated in an interdisciplinary programme for weight loss, in order to identify possible metabolic parameters associated with good migraine control. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Using a cross-sectional design, we evaluated 112 out of 135 adolescents who previously underwent our intervention programme. Based on persistence of headache, subjects for comparison were 40 migraine-free and 72 not migraine-free adolescents. Participants underwent anthropometric evaluations and biochemical tests. RESULTS Patients with persistence of migraine had significantly higher weight (P < 0.01), body mass index (P < 0.01), waist circumference (P < 0.01), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (P < 0.001), triglyceride (P < 0.05), total cholesterol (P < 0.05) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P < 0.05) values when compared with those who became migraine-free. Between potential predictors, only insulin resistance (odds ratio = 3.5, 95% confidence interval = 1.4-6.1; P < 0.001) was significantly associated with persistence of migraine after intervention programme. CONCLUSIONS Among obese adolescents with migraine who underwent an intervention programme for weight loss, patients who did not become migraine-free showed higher adiposity values than those who became migraine-free. Patients with insulin resistance had 3.5 times the odds of having persistence of migraine compared with those without.
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- A Verrotti
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Carotenuto M, De Antonellis P, Liguori L, Benvenuto G, Magliulo D, Alonzi A, Turino C, Attanasio C, Damiani V, Bello AM, Vitiello F, Pasquinelli R, Terracciano L, Federico A, Fusco A, Freeman J, Dale TC, Decraene C, Chiappetta G, Piantedosi F, Calabrese C, Zollo M. H-Prune through GSK-3β interaction sustains canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling enhancing cancer progression in NSCLC. Oncotarget 2014; 5:5736-49. [PMID: 25026278 PMCID: PMC4170634 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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H-Prune hydrolyzes short-chain polyphosphates (PPase activity) together with an hitherto cAMP-phosphodiesterase (PDE), the latest influencing different human cancers by its overexpression. H-Prune promotes cell migration in cooperation with glycogen synthase kinase-3 (Gsk-3β). Gsk-3β is a negative regulator of canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling. Here, we investigate the role of Gsk-3β/h-Prune complex in the regulation of WNT/β-catenin signaling, demonstrating the h-Prune capability to activate WNT signaling also in a paracrine manner, through Wnt3a secretion. In vivo study demonstrates that h-Prune silencing inhibits lung metastasis formation, increasing mouse survival. We assessed h-Prune levels in peripheral blood of lung cancer patients using ELISA assay, showing that h-Prune is an early diagnostic marker for lung cancer. Our study dissects out the mechanism of action of h-Prune in tumorigenic cells and also sheds light on the identification of a new therapeutic target in non-small-cell lung cancer.
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- Marianeve Carotenuto
- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiotoraciche e Respiratorie, Clinica Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Pneumologia e Tisiologia, Day Hospital Pneumologia e Pneumoncologico, AORN Vincenzo Monaldi, Naples, Italy
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- Functional Genomic Unit, National Cancer Institute, Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Pathology, Molecular Pathology Division, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Istituto Di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale del CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Istituto Di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale del CNR, Naples, Italy
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- Translational Research Dept, Institut Curie, Centre de recherche, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR144, Paris, France
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- Functional Genomic Unit, National Cancer Institute, Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Pneumologia e Tisiologia, Day Hospital Pneumologia e Pneumoncologico, AORN Vincenzo Monaldi, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiotoraciche e Respiratorie, Clinica Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università ‘Federico II’ di Naples, Italy
- Azienda Ospedaliera Federico II, DAI Medicina Trasfusional, Naples, Italy
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De Antonellis P, Carotenuto M, Vandenbussche J, De Vita G, Ferrucci V, Medaglia C, Boffa I, Galiero A, Di Somma S, Magliulo D, Aiese N, Alonzi A, Spano D, Liguori L, Chiarolla C, Verrico A, Schulte JH, Mestdagh P, Vandesompele J, Gevaert K, Zollo M. Early targets of miR-34a in neuroblastoma. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:2114-31. [PMID: 24912852 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.035808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Several genes encoding for proteins involved in proliferation, invasion, and apoptosis are known to be direct miR-34a targets. Here, we used proteomics to screen for targets of miR-34a in neuroblastoma (NBL), a childhood cancer that originates from precursor cells of the sympathetic nervous system. We examined the effect of miR-34a overexpression using a tetracycline inducible system in two NBL cell lines (SHEP and SH-SY5Y) at early time points of expression (6, 12, and 24 h). Proteome analysis using post-metabolic labeling led to the identification of 2,082 proteins, and among these 186 were regulated (112 proteins down-regulated and 74 up-regulated). Prediction of miR-34a targets via bioinformatics showed that 32 transcripts held miR-34a seed sequences in their 3'-UTR. By combining the proteomics data with Kaplan Meier gene-expression studies, we identified seven new gene products (ALG13, TIMM13, TGM2, ABCF2, CTCF, Ki67, and LYAR) that were correlated with worse clinical outcomes. These were further validated in vitro by 3'-UTR seed sequence regulation. In addition, Michigan Molecular Interactions searches indicated that together these proteins affect signaling pathways that regulate cell cycle and proliferation, focal adhesions, and other cellular properties that overall enhance tumor progression (including signaling pathways such as TGF-β, WNT, MAPK, and FAK). In conclusion, proteome analysis has here identified early targets of miR-34a with relevance to NBL tumorigenesis. Along with the results of previous studies, our data strongly suggest miR-34a as a useful tool for improving the chance of therapeutic success with NBL.
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- Pasqualino De Antonellis
- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- ‖Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; **Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy; ‡‡Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- ¶¶Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- ‖Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; **Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- From the ‡Centro di Ingegneria Genetica e Biotecnologie Avanzate (CEINGE), 80145 Naples, Italy; §Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy; ‖‖Centro di Medicina Trasfusionale, Azienda Ospedaliera Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Esposito M, Carotenuto M. Intellectual disabilities and power spectra analysis during sleep: a new perspective on borderline intellectual functioning. J Intellect Disabil Res 2014; 58:421-429. [PMID: 23517422 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The role of sleep in cognitive processes has been confirmed by a growing number of reports for all ages of life. Analysing sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) spectra may be useful to study cortical organisation in individuals with Borderline Intellectual Functioning (BIF), as seen in other disturbances even if it is not considered a disease. The aim of this study was to determine if the sleep EEG power spectra in children with BIF could be different from typically developing children. METHODS Eighteen BIF (12 males) (mean age 11.04; SD ± 1.07) and 24 typical developing children (14 men) (mean age 10.98; SD ± 1.76; P = 0.899) underwent an overnight polysomnography (PSG) recording in the Sleep Laboratory of the Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, after one adaptation night. Sleep was subdivided into 30-s epochs and sleep stages were scored according to the standard criteria and the power spectra were calculated for the Cz-A2 channel using the sleep analysis software Hypnolab 1.2 (SWS Soft, Italy) by means of the Fast Fourier Transform and the power spectrum was calculated for frequencies between 0.5 and 60 Hz with a frequency step of 1 Hz and then averaged across the following bands delta (0.5-4 Hz), theta (5-7 Hz), alpha (8-11 Hz), sigma (11-15 Hz), and beta (16-30 Hz), gamma (30-60 Hz) for S2, SWS and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep stages. RESULTS BIF have a reduced sleep duration (total sleep time; P < 0.001), and an increased rate of stage shifts (P < 0.001) and awakenings (P < 0.001) and WASO (wakefulness after sleep onset) % (P < 0.001); the stage 2% (P < 0.001), and REM% (P < 0.001) were lower and slow-wave sleep percentage was slightly higher (P < 0.001). All children with BIF had an AHI (apnoea-hypopnea index) less than 1 (mean AHI = 0.691 ± 0.236) with a mean oxygen saturation of 97.6% and a periodic leg movement index (PLMI) less than 5 (mean PLMI = 2.94 ± 1.56). All sleep stages had a significant reduction in gamma frequency (30-60 Hz) (P < 0.001) and an increased delta frequency (0.5-4.0 Hz) (P < 0.001) power in BIF subjects compared with typically developing children. CONCLUSION Our findings shed light on the importance of sleep for cognition processes particularly in cognitive borderline dysfunction and the role of EEG spectral power analysis to recognize sleep characteristics in BIF children.
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- Sleep Clinic for Developmental Age, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Di Filippo T, Orlando MF, Concialdi G, La Grutta S, Lo Baido R, Epifanio MS, Esposito M, Carotenuto M, Parisi L, Roccella M. The quality of life in developing age children with celiac disease. Minerva Pediatr 2013; 65:599-608. [PMID: 24217629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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AIM The moments that follow the diagnosis of celiac disease and the early stages of the gluten-free diet are extremely difficult and complex for parents and child, because they face an important change punctuated by self-denial and deprivation. The main objective of this research is to assess the impact of celiac disease on quality of life in subjects in developmental age, taking into account the perceptions of parents about the child's illness, with the aim to highlight the effect of disease on the child and the entire family. METHODS The study included both parents of 45 children aged between 2 and 10 years, with established celiac disease. To evaluate the effect of celiac disease on the lifestyle of affected children and their families has been used, after having adapted to the Italian context, the Impact Scale of Childhood Diseases of Hoare and Russell (1995). This study shows that celiac disease is a condition that has a significant impact on both the child and his family. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION The results obtained by administration of Impact Scale of Childhood Diseases to parents showed that subjects in developmental age with celiac disease could have difficulty on emotional level that affect child development and the whole family context. Acceptance of the illness by the child depends mainly by how much and how this has been accepted by parents.
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- Unit of Story of Culture and Technique Department of Psychology University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy -
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Nguyen D, Carotenuto M, Khan S, Bhaduri S, Ghatak R, Navder K. Effect of Avocado Fruit Puree as Fat Replacer on the Physical, Textural and Sensory Properties of Shortened Cakes. J Acad Nutr Diet 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.06.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Carotenuto M, Pedone E, Diana D, de Antonellis P, Džeroski S, Marino N, Navas L, Di Dato V, Scoppettuolo MN, Cimmino F, Correale S, Pirone L, Monti SM, Bruder E, Zenko B, Slavkov I, Pastorino F, Ponzoni M, Schulte JH, Schramm A, Eggert A, Westermann F, Arrigoni G, Accordi B, Basso G, Saviano M, Fattorusso R, Zollo M. Neuroblastoma tumorigenesis is regulated through the Nm23-H1/h-Prune C-terminal interaction. Sci Rep 2013; 3:1351. [PMID: 23448979 PMCID: PMC3584926 DOI: 10.1038/srep01351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Nm23-H1 is one of the most interesting candidate genes for a relevant role in Neuroblastoma pathogenesis. H-Prune is the most characterized Nm23-H1 binding partner, and its overexpression has been shown in different human cancers. Our study focuses on the role of the Nm23-H1/h-Prune protein complex in Neuroblastoma. Using NMR spectroscopy, we performed a conformational analysis of the h-Prune C-terminal to identify the amino acids involved in the interaction with Nm23-H1. We developed a competitive permeable peptide (CPP) to impair the formation of the Nm23-H1/h-Prune complex and demonstrated that CPP causes impairment of cell motility, substantial impairment of tumor growth and metastases formation. Meta-analysis performed on three Neuroblastoma cohorts showed Nm23-H1 as the gene highly associated to Neuroblastoma aggressiveness. We also identified two other proteins (PTPRA and TRIM22) with expression levels significantly affected by CPP. These data suggest a new avenue for potential clinical application of CPP in Neuroblastoma treatment.
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Esposito M, Faraldo MA, Antinolfi L, Carotenuto M. Developmental coordination disorder and migraine in childhood. J Headache Pain 2013. [PMCID: PMC3620137 DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-s1-p14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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de Antonellis P, Liguori L, Falanga A, Carotenuto M, Ferrucci V, Andolfo I, Marinaro F, Scognamiglio I, Virgilio A, De Rosa G, Galeone A, Galdiero S, Zollo M. MicroRNA 199b-5p delivery through stable nucleic acid lipid particles (SNALPs) in tumorigenic cell lines. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2013; 386:287-302. [DOI: 10.1007/s00210-013-0837-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Esposito M, Faraldo MA, Antinolfi L, Carotenuto M. Developmental coordination disorder and migraine in childhood. J Headache Pain 2013. [DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-1-s1-p14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Verrotti A, Agostinelli S, D'Egidio C, Di Fonzo A, Carotenuto M, Parisi P, Esposito M, Tozzi E, Belcastro V, Mohn A, Battistella PA. Impact of a weight loss program on migraine in obese adolescents. Eur J Neurol 2012; 20:394-7. [PMID: 22642299 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03771.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Increased headache frequency and severity have been observed in obese populations, but the real impact of a weight loss treatment on headache has not been studied. We investigated this issue in a sample of obese adolescents. METHODS In all, 135 migraineurs, aged 14-18 years, with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 97 th percentile, participating in a 12-month-long program, were studied before and after treatment. The program included dietary education, specific physical training, and behavioral treatment. RESULTS Decreases in weight (P < 0.01), BMI (P < 0.01), waist circumference (P < 0.01), headache frequency (P < 0.01) and intensity (P < 0.01), use of acute medications (P < 0.05), and disability (P < 0.05) were observed at the end of the first 6-month period and were maintained through the second 6 months. Both lower baseline BMI and excess change in BMI were significantly associated with better migraine outcomes 12 months after the intervention program. CONCLUSIONS Significant improvements in both adiposity and headache data were observed in obese adolescents with migraine who participated in a 12-month-long interdisciplinary intervention program for weight loss. Initial body weight and amount of weight loss may be useful for clinicians to predict migraine outcomes.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
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Cimmino F, Scoppettuolo MN, Carotenuto M, De Antonellis P, Dato VD, De Vita G, Zollo M. Norcantharidin impairs medulloblastoma growth by inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. J Neurooncol 2011; 106:59-70. [PMID: 21735115 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-011-0645-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2011] [Accepted: 06/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Medulloblastoma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in pediatric cancer. Wnt-active tumors, an independent molecular subgroup in medulloblastoma, are characterized by a distinct pattern of genomic aberrations. We assessed the anticancer activity of cantharidin and norcantharidin against medulloblastoma, as cell lines in vitro and in athymic nude mice in vivo. Cantharidin and norcantharidin treatment impaired the growth of DAOY and UW228 medulloblastoma cells and promoted the loss of β-catenin activation and the β-catenin nuclearization linked to N-cadherin impairment in vitro. Intra-peritoneal administration of norcantharidin inhibited the growth of intra-cerebellum tumors in orthotopic xenograft nude mice. Analysis of the xenograft tissues revealed enhanced neuronal differentiation and reduced β-catenin expression. Our findings suggest that norcantharidin has potential therapeutic applications in the treatment of medulloblastoma as a result of its ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and its impairment of Wnt-β-catenin signaling.
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- CEINGE, Centro di Ingegneria Genetica, Biotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Naples, Italy
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Esposito M, Carotenuto M, Roccella M. Primary nocturnal enuresis and learning disability. Minerva Pediatr 2011; 63:99-104. [PMID: 21487372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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AIM Primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE) is the most common sleep disorder in developmental age, with a prevalence of 6-10% between 5 and 16 years of age, impacting on normal emotional and relational developing. Assessing the prevalence of mild learning disorders in enuretic children and the role of enuresis as risk factor to develop them. METHODS Twenty-five patients (14 males) aged 7.59 referred for primary nocturnal enuresis to Sleep Disorder Center for developmental age and Nocturnal Enuresis of Second University of Naples (frequency ≥3/week), were enrolled in study. Reading abilities were evaluated using MT (Memory and Learning Transfer) and cognitive performance was assessed using Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised version to excluded the subjects with IQ≤75. The control group consisted in 54 children (23 males) matched for age and sex distribution recruited in Campania region schools. Chi Square test was used to verify the different prevalence of academic problems in group of bedwetters and healthy controls. The P level was set at <0.05 for statistical significance. A logistic regression analysis was performed in order to assess the risk of developing learning disabilities by being enuretic. RESULTS Learning difficulties were present in 18 enuretic and in 7 healthy children (χ2 24.873; P<0.001). χ2 test showed a statistic relevant difference in prevalence of "Attention request" (χ2 20.058; P<0.001) and "Border-line level" (χ2 12.979, P<0.001) identified in mild reading learning disorders in bedwetters respect of control group. Logistic regression analysis showed a strong increase to have mild academic impairment due to be a enuretic with an odd ratio (OR) of 17.26 (CI95% 5.30-56.19). CONCLUSION Our study shows the higher pre-valence of mild reading difficulties in enuretic children than controls.
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Center for Sleep disorders in childhood, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Carotenuto M, Esposito M, Precenzano F, Castaldo L, Roccella M. Cosleeping in childhood migraine. Minerva Pediatr 2011; 63:105-109. [PMID: 21487373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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AIM Cosleeping is the practice of parents and children sleeping together in body contact for all or part of the night. There is a close relationship between sleep habits and headache disorders. Aim of the study was to identify prevalence of cosleeping in children with migraine disorder. METHODS A total of 181 school-aged children referred to Headache Center for Developmental Age for Migraine without aura (MoA). Sex and age matched control group consists of 729 children recruited in schools in Campania. RESULTS Cosleeping's prevalence is higher in children with MoA than in the control group (P=0.003) and an OR of 2.32 (95% CI 1.36-3.97). CONCLUSION At our knowledge, our study is the first specific on prevalence of cosleeping in MoA school-aged children and show the importance of migraine power to invade all aspect of life of children affecting also their family management.
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- Center for Childhood Headache, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
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Somma F, Cretella G, Carotenuto M, Pecci R, Bedini R, De Biasi M, Angerame D. Quality of thermoplasticized and single point root fillings assessed by micro-computed tomography. Int Endod J 2011; 44:362-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2010.01840.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cimmino F, Scopettuolo N, Carotenuto M, Didato V, Iolascon A, Massimo Z. Abstract 763: A systematic screening identify new drugs impairing medulloblastoma tumorigenesis. Cancer Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am10-763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common Central nervous system (CNS) neoplasia accounting for 25% of all childhood brain tumors. The Wnt, Sonic and Notch developmental cascades all regulate CNS cell dynamics, and are mutationally activated in a subset of MBs. So far the main limitation of the current treatment of MB is the lack of drug specificity, we aim to identify new specific impairment pathway drugs to offer new therapeutic tools in order to improve the clinical management of this neoplasia. The Wnt signaling pathway ends in the regulation of the levels of β-catenin which accumulates in the nucleus and interacts with the LEF/TCF family of transcription factors; in the absence of Wnt stimulation,
β-catenin is phosphorylated by several kinases, as a complex comprising GSK3-β, Axin and APC, and it is targeted for degradation in the cytoplasm via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Wnt activation includes key regulators of proliferation, among which c-Myc and cyclin D1 play a crucial role. We screened a drug library including almost 1200 compounds which are not well characterized on their activity against cancer cells. The library contains a repository of Natural Products, that derive from marine and plant sources collected worldwide, and a Synthetic library Products. We tested the efficacy of the Natural Products to interfere with Wnt pathway, using the TOP/FOP luciferase assay. From this large screening, we focused our attention on three natural compounds (Cantharidin, Parthenolide, Homoharringotnine) which positively inhibit Wnt pathway in three independent MB cell lines: Daoy (a desmoplastic medulloblastoma), ONS-76 and UW288(classic medulloblastoma cell lines). We determined their ability to turn-off Wnt signaling by western blotting detecting β-catenin activated protein and by RT-PCR for controlling of mRNA levels of WNT target genes. Cantharidin (CTD) has an anticancer activity in leukemic cells and melanoma cells, but it is still to be identified which is the basis of its mechanism. CTD is a potent inhibitor of phosphatase PP1 and PP2A which play a positive role in regulating Wnt signalling since it dephosphorylates AXIN, by impairing APC complex. We screened CTD as the most effective drug to inhibit Wnt pathway in MB cells. By immunofluorescence, we observed that the nuclear amount of β-catenin was found reduced when the cells were exposed to CTD. We found its effectiveness in vitro and in vivo on tumor growth assays in nude and strengthen those with additional orthotopic cerebellum xenografs assays to further assign its molecular mechanism of action in MB thus suggesting its use for future therapeutic applications in mouse MB genetic models. Altogether these results are suggesting a new therapeutic strategy to treat MB to be further applied to other solid tumors which are mainly Wnt driven.
Note: This abstract was not presented at the AACR 101st Annual Meeting 2010 because the presenter was unable to attend.
Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2010 Apr 17-21; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2010;70(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 763.
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- 2CEINGE and DBBM University of Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Carotenuto M, Santoro N, Grandone A, Santoro E, Pascotto C, Pascotto A, Perrone L, del Giudice EM. The insulin gene variable number of tandemrepeats (INS VNTR) genotype and sleep disordered breathing in childhood obesity. J Endocrinol Invest 2009; 32:752-5. [PMID: 19574727 DOI: 10.1007/bf03346531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Aim of our study is to verify the association between the genetic predisposition to hyperinsulinism due to the presence of the insulin gene (INS) I/I genotype and the development of sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) in obese children and adolescents. Two hundred and fifty-six obese children and adolescents (125 girls) have been investigated. As initial screening all subjects' mothers filled out the Sleep Disturbances Scale for Children (SDSC). The Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) scale has been taken into account. Successively, a subgroup of 34 patients belonging to the first (14 children) and the last (20 children) SDB score quintiles underwent an overnight polysomnography and the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was evaluated. All subjects were genotyped for the INS VNTR and fasting insulin levels were evaluated. The population was divided into two groups according to the genotype: the first group was comprehensive of patients homozygotes for class I allele and the second group was composed by class III allele heterozygotes and homozygotes patients. Subjects I/I showed statistically signifIcant higher insulin levels (p<0.001) and SDB scores (p<0.001). Moreover, in the subgroup of patients investigated with polysomnography, class I homozygous subjects showed higher AHI compared to those patients carrying class III allele (p<0.001). Our data support the hypothesis that INS VNTR is associated with the development of SDB among obese children and adolescents.
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- clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Carotenuto M, Federico M, Avanzini P, Baldini L, Brugiatelli M, Cavanna L, di Renzo N, Gobbi PG, Iannitto V, Sala AL, Lombardo M, Longo G, Narni F, Nicoletti G, Silingardi V, Mauri C. A Multicenter Randomized Trial of Two Different ProMACE-CytaBOM Derived Protocols in Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (NHL). A Preliminary Report. Leuk Lymphoma 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/10428199209058649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Elia M, Falco M, Ferri R, Spalletta A, Bottitta M, Calabrese G, Carotenuto M, Musumeci SA, Lo Giudice M, Fichera M. CDKL5 mutations in boys with severe encephalopathy and early-onset intractable epilepsy. Neurology 2008; 71:997-9. [PMID: 18809835 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000326592.37105.88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To search for CDKL5 gene mutations in boys presenting with severe early-onset encephalopathy and intractable epilepsy, a clinical picture very similar to that already described in girls with CDKL5 mutations. METHODS Eight boys (age range 3-16 years, mean age 8.5 years, SD 4.38) with severe or profound mental retardation and early-onset intractable seizures were selected for CDKL5 gene mutation screening by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. RESULTS We found three unrelated boys carrying three different missense mutations of the CDKL5 gene: c.872G>A (p.C291Y), c.863C>T (p.T288I), and c.533G>C (p.R178P). They presented early-onset, polymorphous, and drug-resistant seizures, mostly myoclonic and tonic or spasms. EEG showed epileptiform abnormalities which were multifocal during wakefulness, and pseudoperiodic bisynchronous during sleep. CONCLUSIONS This study describes three boys carrying CDKL5 missense mutations and their detailed clinical and EEG data, and indicates that CDKL5 gene mutations may represent a cause of severe or profound mental retardation and early-onset intractable seizures, also in boys. Screening for CDKL5 mutations is strongly recommended in individuals with these clinical features.
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- M Elia
- Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Via Conte Ruggero 73, 94018 Troina (EN), Italy.
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De Candia F, Carotenuto M, Guadagno L, Vittoria V. Polymorphism of syndiotactic polystyrene. Morphology of the solvent-induced crystalline forms. J MACROMOL SCI B 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/00222349608212385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- F. De Candia
- a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e , Alimentare Universitá di Salerno , 84081, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- b Dipartimento di Fisica , Universitá di Salerno , 84081, Baronissi, SA, Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e , Alimentare Universitá di Salerno , 84081, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e , Alimentare Universitá di Salerno , 84081, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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Aucella F, Gatta G, Vigilante M, Scalzulli RP, Mantuano S, Carotenuto M, Stallone C. [Increased in vitro and ex vivo proliferation of erythroid precursors induced by calcitriol in chronic renal failure. Synergistic effect with rHuEPO]. G Ital Nefrol 2002; 19:137-42. [PMID: 12195411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Calcitriol (C) improves anemia in chronic renal failure. This improvement may be related to the suppression of iPTH release, but also to a direct effect on erythropoiesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In order to verify this hypothesis, 33 patients with chronic renal failure were enrolled: 24 were undergoing hemodialysis, 9 managed conservatively. All patients were free from other chronic or hematological disease, had a negative DFO test and aluminum levels below 20 mcg/l. iPTH range was 250-480 pg/l. None had yet been treated with C. In vitro study- Samples were drawn for a basal erythroid precursors (Burst Forming Unit-Erythroid BFU-E) study. After mononuclear cells were isolated by centrifugation with Ficoll-Hypaque, they were incubated for 15 days with rHuEPO 3U/ml (A), rHuEPO 3U/l + C 30 pg (B), rHuEPO 3U/ml + C 300 pg (C), rHuEPO 30 U/ml + C 300 pg (D) was performed. Ex vivo study- After the basal evaluation, 10 pts on dialysis were treated with C (Calcijex-Abbott) 1 g three times a week. BFU-E studies were performed after 1,2 and 4 months. RESULTS In vitro, culture B showed an increased BFU-E proliferation vs A (41+/- 23 vs 27+/-15, p less than 0.02); in C and D cultures proliferation was 61+/-31 and 78+/- 42 respectively, p less than 0.01 vs A. There was no difference among pts with renal failure and pts treated conservatively. During the in vivo study all cultures showed a progressive proliferation increase, without a plateau level (basal, after 1, 2, 4 months respectively): in A: 17+/-8, 22+/-13, 30.9+/-14.9, 41.4+/-20; in B: 27.3+/-15, 35.6+/-20, 45.5+/-21, 57+/-26; in C: 48.2+/-20.6, 63.7+/-32, 75.7+/-37, 83+/-40; in D: 72+/-24, 91+/-42, 106+/-42, 110+/-42.3 (always p less than 0.001). The hematocrit and hemoglobin increase was constant but not significant. The iPTH decrease was not related to BFU-E proliferation. CONCLUSIONS In chronic uremia C has a direct effect on erythroid precursor proliferation, both in vitro and ex vivo, with a sinergystic effect with rHuEPO. This effect is not related to iPTH suppression. C may be a useful adjuvant therapy for rHuEPO treatment.
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- F Aucella
- Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" - IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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D'Arena G, Bisceglia M, Ladogana S, Carella AM, Carotenuto M, Paolucci P. Expansion of hematogones in a patient with Gaucher disease. Med Pediatr Oncol 2001; 36:657-8. [PMID: 11344501 DOI: 10.1002/mpo.1147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- G D'Arena
- Department of Hematology, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
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D'Arena G, Musto P, Cascavilla N, Dell'Olio M, Di Renzo N, Perla G, Savino L, Carotenuto M. CD38 expression correlates with adverse biological features and predicts poor clinical outcome in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2001; 42:109-14. [PMID: 11699197 DOI: 10.3109/10428190109097682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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CD38 identifies a surface molecule with multi-functional activity. Its prognostic importance in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is currently under investigation in view of the fact that two different groups have recently indicated that CD38 expression could be an independent prognostic marker in B-CLL. We analyzed the clinico-biological features of 61 immunologically typical (CD5+CD23+) B-CLL patients stratified according to the CD38 expression. Twenty-two (36%) patients expressed CD38 in more than 30% of CD19-positive cells and were considered as CD38-positive B-CLL. Atypical morphology (p 0.02), peripheral blood lymphocytosis (p 0.01) and diffuse histopathologic bone marrow pattern (p 0.003) were findings found to be closely associated with CD38 expression. On the other hand, A and B Binet stages (p 0.02) and interstitial bone marrow involvement (p 0.005) were more represented in the CD38-negative B-CLL group. Trisomy 12 was detected more frequently in the CD38-positive B-CLL group, while 13q14 deletions mainly occurred in CD38-negative group (p 0.005). Finally, median survival of CD38-positive B-CLL patients was 90 months, while it was not reached at 180 months in CD38-negative patients. Taken together, our data strongly suggest that the evaluation of CD38 expression may identify two groups patients with B-CLL greatly differing in their clinico-biological features.
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MESH Headings
- ADP-ribosyl Cyclase
- ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Biomarkers/analysis
- Cohort Studies
- Cytogenetic Analysis
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/immunology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/mortality
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Middle Aged
- NAD+ Nucleosidase/biosynthesis
- Prognosis
- Survival Analysis
- Treatment Outcome
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- G D'Arena
- Division of Hematology, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
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Aucella F, Gatta G, Vigilante M, Scalzulli RP, Mantuano S, Carotenuto M, Stallone C. [Calcitriol increases burst forming unit-erythroid (BFU-E) in vitro proliferation in chronic uremia. Synergic effect with DNA recombinant erythropoietin (rHu-Epo)]. MINERVA UROL NEFROL 2001; 53:1-5. [PMID: 11346713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND It has been suggested that calcitriol (C) could improve anemia in chronic renal failure. However it remains debatable whether vitamin D has a specific effect on erythropoiesis, or it acts via suppression of hyperparathyroidism. METHODS We enrolled 29 patients with chronic renal failure, free from malignancies, iron deficiency or other chronic or hematological diseases. Aluminium accumulation was also excluded by DFO test. 22 were on hemodialysis and 7 on conservative management, creatinine clearance ranging 22-48 ml/min. Their mean age was 62+/-28 years and duration of renal disease was 98+/-51 months. No patient under-went rHu-Epo or Vitamin D treatment. 4 subjects were enrolled as controls. Samples of peripheral blood were drawn for the Burst Forming Unit-Erythroid (BFU-E) assay. After isolation of mononuclear cells by density gradient centrifugation with Fycoll-Hypaque, a 15-day incubation was set up with four different conditions: a) adding standard dose, 3 U/ml, of r-HuEpo (Dompè Biotec), standard colture; b) combined doses of r-HuEpo, 3 U/ml, and C (Abbott), 30 pg; c) standard dose, 3 U/ml, of r-HuEpo and high dose, 300 pg, of C; and lastly d) combined high doses of r-HuEpo, 30 U/ml, and C, 300 pg. RESULTS In the b colture (combined low doses) a higher BFU-E proliferation was found vs standard (a) colture (33.2+/-15.5 vs 17.1+/-9.2, p<0.02); interestingly, either in the c and d studies BFU-E showed an even higher proliferation (52.3+/-24 and 86.3+/-37.8 respectively, p<0.01 vs a). No difference was found when evaluating separately preterminal and hemodialysis patients. In control subjects only colture d showed an increased BFU-E proliferation. CONCLUSIONS C has a direct effect on erythroid precursors proliferation in vitro, acting in a sinergystic manner with rHuEpo. C may be useful as adjuvant therapy for renal anemia.
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- F Aucella
- Divisioni di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy. fauceltin.it
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Simioni P, Vianello F, Kalafatis M, Barzon L, Ladogana S, Paolucci P, Carotenuto M, Dal Bello F, Palù G, Girolami A. A dysfunctional factor X (factor X San Giovanni Rotondo) present at homozygous and double heterozygous level: identification of a novel microdeletion (delC556) and missense mutation (Lys(408)-->Asn) in the factor X gene. A study of an Italian family. Thromb Res 2001; 101:219-30. [PMID: 11248282 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(00)00406-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Low levels of factor X (F.X) were detected in a 4-year-old boy who experienced acute lymphoblastic leukemia and bleeding manifestations. Laboratory data suggested the presence of a dysfunctional F.X molecule. Two novel F.X gene mutations were identified in the proband that was double heterozygous for both: a microdeletion (delC556) in exon VI resulting in a frameshift leading to a termination codon at position 226. This deletion was found in six family members with reduced F.X antigen and activity levels. A second mutation characterised by a G(1344)-->C transversion in exon VIII was detected in the proband resulting in a Lys(408)-->Asn substitution. This latter mutation was present in several asymptomatic family members from the paternal and the maternal side. The proband's sister was homozygous for the Lys(408)-->Asn substitution and exhibited low F.X activity with a normal antigen level. The naturally occurring F.X Lys(408)-->Asn (F.X(K408N)) variant was isolated from plasma of either homozygous or double heterozygous individuals. NH(2)-terminal sequencing of the heavy chain of F.X(K408N) failed to show any sequence abnormality in patients who were also carriers of the delC556, suggesting that this latter lesion accounted for the lack of F.X synthesis. Purified F.X Lys(408)-->Asn had an identical behaviour to normal F.X as judged by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting. Clotting assay using purified F.X(K408N) and F.X-deficient plasma resulted in a laboratory phenotype similar to that observed in a homozygous subject for F.X Lys(408)-->Asn substitution. This is the first characterisation of a naturally occurring F.X variant with a mutation at the COOH-terminal end of the molecule.
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- P Simioni
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Second Chair of Medicine, University of Padua, Via Ospedale 105, 35100, Padua, Italy.
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Carotenuto M, Saponara R, Dell'Anno B, Balnelli A, Musone R, Menditto A, Balbi C. [Psychological features of ovarian cancer in the elderly]. Minerva Ginecol 2001; 53:86-92. [PMID: 11526730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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- M Carotenuto
- Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, II Università degli Studi di Napoli, Sede di Caserta, Caserta
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Musto P, Sanpaolo G, D'Arena G, Scalzulli PR, Matera R, Falcone A, Bodenizza C, Perla G, Carotenuto M. Adding growth factors or interleukin-3 to erythropoietin has limited effects on anemia of transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes unresponsive to erythropoietin alone. Haematologica 2001; 86:44-51. [PMID: 11146570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Recombinant erythropoietin (r-EPO) induces erythroid responses in patients affected by myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). However, the response rate declines to 10-15% in MDS with substantial transfusion needs. Both in vitro and in vivo studies have suggested that the addition of growth factors (G-CSF, GM-CSF) or interleukin-3 (IL-3) may potentiate the effect of r-EPO on dysplastic erythropoiesis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the combination of r-EPO with G-CSF, GM-CSF or IL-3 on the anemia of heavily transfusion-dependent MDS patients, previously unresponsive to r-EPO alone. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty patients with transfusion-dependent MDS, already treated without significant erythroid response with r-EPO alone, were scheduled to receive, for at least 8 weeks, r-EPO subcutaneously at the dose of 300 U/kg t.i.w. in combination with G-CSF (300 microcg s.c. t.i.w., 27 patients), or GM-CSF (300 microcg s.c. t.i.w., 23 patients), or IL-3 (5 microcg/kg s.c. t.i.w., 10 patients), after a two-week pre-phase during which G-CSF, GM-CSF and IL-3 were administered daily at the same dose, as single drugs. RESULTS Ten patients were not evaluable for erythroid response because of relevant side effects related to GM-CSF or IL-3 administration. Overall, among 50 patients who completed the study, there were 3 erythroid responses (as determined by complete abolition of red-cell transfusions): 1 (4%) in the G-CSF + r-EPO and 2 (10.5%) in the GM-CSF + r-EPO treated groups. No patient responded to the combination of r-EPO + IL-3. All responders had inappropriate serum levels of endogenous EPO and a relatively short disease duration. Both responders to GM-CSF + r-EPO developed acute myeloid leukemia 2-9 months after the start of the combined therapy. A third elderly patient, treated with the same association, developed marrow hypoplasia. A significant increase in leukocyte count occurred in 96% of patients who received r-EPO + G-CSF, 78.9% of those treated with r-EPO + GM-CSF and 66% of subjects receiving r-EPO + IL-3. A significant increase in platelet count was observed in a single patient receiving r-EPO and GM-CSF, while a slight decrease in platelet count with respect to baseline levels occurred in about 20% of patients. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the combination of r-EPO with G-CSF, GM-CSF or IL-3, at least at the doses and schedules employed in the present study, has limited efficacy on the anemia of heavily transfusion-dependent MDS patients previously unresponsive to r-EPO alone. However, in this setting of patients, the combination of G-CSF or GM-CSF + r-EPO may occasionally be effective in subjects with low circulating levels of serum EPO and short disease duration.
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- P Musto
- Department of Onco-Hematology, Unit of Hematology, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 S. Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
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